12335177

Systems and Methods for Managing Uplink Transmission and Crosslink Interference Measurement

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Patent Claims
28 claims

Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.

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1. A method of wireless communication performed at a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving a cell configuration for cross-link interference sounding reference signal (CLI-SRS) timing, wherein the cell configuration for the CLI-SRS timing comprises a set of time resources for transmitting one or more CLI-SRSs, and wherein the cell configuration is associated with a component carrier (CC), the CC including a Uu bandwidth part (BWP); and transmitting, based on the CLI-SRS timing and a CLI-SRS priority configuration, a first uplink (UL) communication at a first time period on the Uu BWP, wherein the CLI-SRS priority configuration is associated with the Uu BWP and a sidelink (SL) BWP, wherein a second communication is scheduled for at least a portion of the first time period, and wherein one of the first UL communication or the second communication comprises a CLI-SRS of the one or more CLI-SRSs.

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2. The method of claim 1, wherein: the first UL communication is scheduled on a first frequency resource; the second communication is scheduled on a second frequency resource that at least partially overlaps with the first frequency resource; and the method further comprises: refraining, based on the CLI-SRS priority configuration, from transmitting the second communication at the first time period.

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3. The method of claim 2, wherein: the first UL communication comprises the CLI-SRS; the second communication comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) transmission, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission, or a non-CLI SRS; the CLI-SRS is associated with a higher priority than the second communication; and the refraining from transmitting the second communication is based on the CLI-SRS being associated with the higher priority than the second communication.

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4. The method of claim 2, wherein: the first UL communication comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, or a non-CLI SRS; the second communication comprises the CLI-SRS; the CLI-SRS is associated with a lower priority than the first UL communication; and the refraining from transmitting the second communication comprises refraining from transmitting the CLI-SRS based on the CLI-SRS being associated with the lower priority than the first UL communication.

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5. The method of claim 1, wherein: the first UL communication is scheduled on a first frequency resource; the second communication is scheduled on a second frequency resource that at least partially overlaps with the first frequency resource; the second communication is scheduled for a second time period overlapping with the first time period by at least one overlapping symbol; and the method further comprises: dropping, based on the CLI-SRS priority configuration, a portion of the second communication associated with the at least one overlapping symbol.

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6. The method of claim 1, wherein: the CLI-SRS priority configuration includes a CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration; the transmitting the first UL communication comprises transmitting the first UL communication on a first component carrier (CC) based on the CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration; and the method further comprises: transmitting, on a second CC based on the CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration and simultaneously with the first UL communication at the first time, the second communication.

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7. The method of claim 6, wherein: the first UL communication comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission or a non-CLI SRS; the second communication comprises the CLI-SRS; and the CLI-SRS is associated with a lower power allocation priority than the first UL communication.

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8. The method of claim 1, wherein: the Uu BWP is associated with a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) and the SL BWP is associated with a second SCS different from the first SCS; the transmitting the first UL communication comprises transmitting the CLI-SRS based the first SCS; and the method further comprises: transmitting, after a gap duration following the transmission of the first UL communication, a SL communication on the SL BWP based on the second SCS.

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9. The method of claim 1, wherein: the first UL communication comprises the CLI-SRS scheduled for transmission on the Uu BWP; the second communication comprises a second UL communication scheduled for transmission on the Uu BWP; and the transmitting the CLI-SRS is based on a first Uu priority of the CLI-SRS relative to a second Uu priority associated with the second UL communication.

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10. The method of claim 1, wherein: the first UL communication comprises the CLI-SRS scheduled for transmission on the Uu BWP; the second communication comprises a first SL communication scheduled for transmission on the SL BWP; and the transmitting the CLI-SRS is based on a first SL priority associated with the CLI-SRS relative to a second SL priority associated with the first SL communication.

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11. The method of claim 1, wherein: the first UL communication comprises the CLI-SRS scheduled for transmission on the Uu BWP; the second communication comprises a first SL communication scheduled for transmission on the SL BWP; and the transmitting the CLI-SRS is based on a first Uu priority associated with the CLI-SRS relative to a first SL priority associated with the first SL communication.

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12. The method of claim 1, wherein: the CLI-SRS priority configuration includes a CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration; the first UL communication comprises the CLI-SRS, the CLI-SRS scheduled for transmission on the Uu BWP; the second communication comprises a SL communication scheduled for transmission on the SL BWP; the transmitting the first UL communication comprises transmitting, on the Uu BWP based on the CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration and a Uu priority associated with the CLI-SRS the CLI-SRS; and the method further comprises: transmitting, on the SL BWP based on the CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration and simultaneously with the CLI-SRS in the first time period, the SL communication.

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13. A user equipment (UE), comprising: a processor; and a transceiver in communication with the processor, wherein the UE is configured to: receive a cell configuration for cross-link interference sounding reference signal (CLI-SRS) timing, wherein the cell configuration for the CLI-SRS timing comprises a set of time resources for transmitting one or more CLI-SRSs, and wherein the cell configuration is associated with a component carrier (CC), the CC including a Uu bandwidth part (BWP); and transmit, based on the CLI-SRS timing and a CLI-SRS priority configuration, a first uplink (UL) communication at a first time period on the Uu BWP, wherein the CLI-SRS priority configuration is associated with the Uu BWP and a sidelink (SL) BWP, wherein a second communication is scheduled for at least a portion of the first time period, and wherein one of the first UL communication or the second communication comprises a CLI-SRS of the one or more CLI-SRSs.

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14. The UE of claim 13, wherein: the first UL communication is scheduled on a first frequency resource; the second communication is scheduled on a second frequency resource that at least partially overlaps with the first frequency resource; and the UE is further configured to: refrain, based on the CLI-SRS priority configuration, from transmitting the second communication at the first time period.

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15. The UE of claim 14, wherein: the first UL communication comprises the CLI-SRS; the second communication comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH) transmission, a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH) transmission, or a non-CLI SRS; the CLI-SRS is associated with a higher priority than the second communication; and the UE is configured to refrain from transmitting the second communication based on the CLI-SRS being associated with the higher priority than the second communication.

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16. The UE of claim 14, wherein: the first UL communication comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, or a non-CLI SRS; the second communication comprises the CLI-SRS; the CLI-SRS is associated with a lower priority than the first UL communication; and the UE is configured to refrain from transmitting the CLI-SRS based on the CLI-SRS being associated with the lower priority than the first UL communication.

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17. The UE of claim 13, wherein: the first UL communication is scheduled on a first frequency resource; the second communication is scheduled on a second frequency resource that at least partially overlaps with the first frequency resource; the second communication is scheduled for a second time period overlapping with the first time period by at least one overlapping symbol; and the UE is further configured to: drop, based on the CLI-SRS priority configuration, a portion of the second communication associated with the at least one overlapping symbol.

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18. The UE of claim 13, wherein: the CLI-SRS priority configuration includes a CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration; the UE is configured to transmit the first UL communication on a first component carrier (CC) based on the CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration; and the UE is further configured to: transmitting, on a second CC based on the CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration and simultaneously with the first UL communication at the first time, the second communication.

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19. The UE of claim 18, wherein: the first UL communication comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmission, a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission, or a non-CLI SRS; the second communication comprises the CLI-SRS; and the CLI-SRS is associated with a lower power allocation priority than the first UL communication.

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20. The UE of claim 13, wherein: the Uu BWP is associated with a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) and the SL BWP is associated with a second SCS different from the first SCS; the UE configured to transmit the first UL communication comprises the UE configured to transmit the CLI-SRS based the first SCS; and the UE is further configured to: transmit, after a gap duration following the transmission of the first UL communication, a SL communication on the SL BWP based on the second SCS.

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21. The UE of claim 13, wherein: the first UL communication comprises the CLI-SRS scheduled for transmission on the Uu BWP; the second communication comprises a second UL communication scheduled for transmission on the Uu BWP; and the UE configured to transmit the CLI-SRS based on a first Uu priority of the CLI-SRS relative to a second Uu priority associated with the second UL communication.

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22. The UE of claim 13, wherein: the first UL communication comprises the CLI-SRS scheduled for transmission on the Uu BWP; the second communication comprises a first SL communication scheduled for transmission on the SL BWP; and the UE configured to transmit the CLI-SRS based on a first SL priority associated with the CLI-SRS relative to a second SL priority associated with the first SL communication.

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23. The UE of claim 13, wherein: the first UL communication comprises the CLI-SRS scheduled for transmission on the Uu BWP; the second communication comprises a first SL communication scheduled for transmission on the SL BWP; and the UE configured to transmit the CLI-SRS based on a first Uu priority associated with the CLI-SRS relative to a first SL priority associated with the first SL communication.

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24. The UE of claim 13, wherein: the CLI-SRS priority configuration includes a CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration; the first UL communication comprises the CLI-SRS, the CLI-SRS scheduled for transmission on the Uu BWP; the second communication comprises a SL communication scheduled for transmission on the SL BWP; the UE configured to transmit the first UL communication comprises the UE configured to transmit, on the Uu BWP based on the CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration and a Uu priority associated with the CLI-SRS the CLI-SRS; and the UE is further configured to: transmitting, on the SL BWP based on the CLI-SRS power allocation priority configuration and simultaneously with the CLI-SRS in the first time period, the SL communication.

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25. A method of wireless communication performed at a network device, the method comprising: transmitting a cell configuration for cross-link interference sounding reference signal (CLI-SRS) timing, wherein the cell configuration for the CLI-SRS timing comprises a set of time resources for transmitting one or more CLI-SRSs, and wherein the cell configuration is associated with a component carrier (CC), the CC including a Uu bandwidth part (BWP); and receiving, based on the CLI-SRS timing and a CLI-SRS priority configuration, a first uplink (UL) communication at a first time period on the Uu BWP, wherein the CLI-SRS priority configuration is associated with the Uu BWP and a sidelink (SL) BWP, wherein a second communication is scheduled for at least a portion of the first time period, and wherein one of the first UL communication or the second communication comprises a CLI-SRS of the one or more CLI-SRSs.

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26. The method of claim 25, wherein: the method further comprises transmitting a downlink (DL) communication indicating a grant for the first UL communication; the first UL communication is scheduled on a first frequency resource; the second communication comprises the CLI-SRS scheduled on a second frequency resource that at least partially overlaps with the first frequency resource; and the CLI-SRS priority configuration indicates that the CLI-SRS is associated with a lower priority than the first UL communication.

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27. A network device, comprising: a processor; and a transceiver in communication with the processor, wherein the network device is configured to: transmit a cell configuration for cross-link interference sounding reference signal (CLI-SRS) timing, wherein the cell configuration for the CLI-SRS timing comprises a set of time resources for transmitting one or more CLI-SRSs, and wherein the cell configuration is associated with a component carrier (CC), the CC including a Uu bandwidth part (BWP); and receive, based on the CLI-SRS timing and a CLI-SRS priority configuration, a first uplink (UL) communication at a first time period on the Uu BWP, wherein the CLI-SRS priority configuration is associated with the Uu BWP and a sidelink (SL) BWP, wherein a second communication is scheduled for at least a portion of the first time period, and wherein one of the first UL communication or the second communication comprises a CLI-SRS of the one or more CLI-SRSs.

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28. The network device of claim 27, wherein: the network device is further configured to transmit a downlink (DL) communication indicating a grant for the first UL communication; the first UL communication is scheduled on a first frequency resource; the second communication comprises the CLI-SRS scheduled on a second frequency resource that at least partially overlaps with the first frequency resource; and the CLI-SRS priority configuration indicates that the CLI-SRS is associated with a lower priority than the first UL communication.

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Publication Date

June 17, 2025

Inventors

Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed IBRAHIM
Muhammad Sayed Khairy ABDELGHAFFAR
Huilin XU
Seyedkianoush HOSSEINI
Ahmed Attia ABOTABL

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